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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author meet Titus Hoyt?
(a) A year or two before the war after his father died.
(b) When he was a little boy.
(c) A year after the war started.
(d) Four months after the war started.

2. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?
(a) Four cents.
(b) Two cents.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Six cents.

3. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?
(a) He was put in jail for good.
(b) He went off to sea.
(c) He was killed in the oil field riots in 1937.
(d) He became a devout priest again entering a monastery.

4. What does Titus Hoyt persuade the author's mother to do?
(a) Bake home-made bread for the author.
(b) Give the author half a pint of milk a day.
(c) Feed the author fish three times a week.
(d) Give the author lots of green vegetables.

5. What is the name of the woman who is seen hurrying from Morgan's house one night?
(a) Maria Alcott.
(b) Teresa Blake.
(c) Lucy White.
(d) Mary Chambers.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Big Foot leaves Miguel Street what is the last thing the author hears about him?

2. What is Titus Hoyt wearing when the author first meets him?

3. What does Eddoes win every year?

4. When Titus Hoyt leaves the author and his mother what does he say?

5. Who comforts the author when he starts crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Titus Hoyt, and when does the author meet him?

2. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

3. What does Big Foot do for a living and what happens one day on the beach when the author and Big Foot connect briefly?

4. Describe Big Foot and why the author is frightened of him.

5. What does Titus Hoyt urge the author to do, why and against whose wishes?

6. How does Eddoes use his job to make extra money?

7. What changes Eddoes's happy disposition?

8. Describe Nathaniel and his relationship with Laura.

9. What happens to Eddoes's baby and what is her name?

10. Why do the people of Miguel Street finally laugh at Morgan, and what happens to him then?

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